I hope this mask of pregnancy disappears after the birth. I don't think I mentioned having it but it's become pretty awful. I really have been staying out of the sun. My mask is not The Lone Ranger version but more of a lack of pigment on my cheeks in fairly large circles. Seb claims I had it last time I was pregnant but I don't remember. If I did I don't think it was this bad.
I had a dream last night that my water broke. It was typical dream stuff being that I was in a hot air balloon travelling to France with Seb. We had this weird sort of trap door open in the bottom of the basket so that there was no room to sit or stand. I was sitting down, knees pulled up over the hole in the basket and whoosh all this water & blood came out and fell in to the sky. I didn't get concerned at all and told Seb "we have time... don't worry." We ended up in Normandy with the in-laws and I was casual as could be walking around and talking with the family until sister in law looked at my sandals stained with blood, "You better get to the hospital!" she said screaming. This was one of the more realistic elements of the dream because sil is very bossy and always speaks to people by telling them what they should do. I very casually told her "relax geez there's plenty of time!" I had an overwhelming fear in the dream that I'd have the baby in France and get stuck living with mother in law for six weeks which is why I think I was acting like it was nothing. I think I was hoping we'd get back in the hot air balloon as soon as possible! Anyway, Seb was driving a riverboat down the middle of a French shopping mall in this dream, tearing off the ceiling tiles as he cruised because it was such a big boat. I don't think I'd take much stock in what it all means. It was just a weird pregancy dream.
I just hope my water doesn't break before the birth starts. I live in dread of walking down the street and having all this liquid in my shoes or on the carseat. My water broke at the hospital with Little S and I think they even broke it for me late in the day. It was all very neatly managed with towels and me wearing a hospital gown. Very dignified.
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My water broke before the birth with Jaya. I woke up to a trickling feeling and ran into the bathroom just in time for my waters to break all over the floor. Didn't get any contractions until an hour afterwards though. With Jove they broke as I pushed.
I'm always intrigued by pregnancy dreams as for me they've always been quite prophetic. I had a dream whilst pregnant with Jove about the birth and many of the details of it came true! Maybe your waters will break beforehand?
It did seem realistic. I think pregnancy dreams are very telling. Before having Little S I had a dream that we had a little boy and we were completely incompetent parents. We were letting him crawl across a scaffolding in the house and he fell. It never happened of course but it was funny because our house was such a huge mess at the time.
My mom says that "dry births" are harder. Did you find this with Jaya?
Ah. Pregnancy dreams. So vivid.
About the mask: I developed serious melasma both times. A nurse told me it is worse when you are carrying a girl. I have no point of comparison to evaluate that, of course. Mine is fading now, but it is still noticeable. I have a prescription for a fade cream that I will fill if M ever decides to wean.
I don't remember the exact number but I read that something like 90% of women don't lose their water before the final stages of labor. When I was induced, nothing much happened until they broke my water. Then contractions started to come really hard. The advice they gave us at childbirth classes was to have a big trash bag to cover the car seat in case you lose your water (or your plug) en route to the hospital.
Well it wasn't really a dry birth as such as I had a water birth!
There was still fluid coming out occasionally by the time I got in the pool too so I don't think I had lost it all.
Jaya's birth did take longer (7 hours) but I much prefered it to the wham-bam-thank-you-maam 48 minute labour I had with her brother!
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